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The tide turns against superbugs

Humans were losing the war against antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Is that about to change?

Salon

Gutter to gut: How antimicrobial-resistant microbes journey from environment to humans

From sore throats to fevers and life-threatening infections, most people have periodically used antibiotics. Recent reports show that the global COVID-19 pandemic has increased the use of antibiotics.

The Conversation

Resistance to high-end antibiotics is growing: ICMR

NEW DELHI: A survey carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to determine the trend in antibiotic resistance across the country has shown that Acinetobacter baumannii, a gram-negative bacteria known to cause infection in the blood, urinary tract and lungs among others, is resistant to high-end antibiotics.

The Times of India

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Unapproved antibiotic usage on rise in India; Azithromycin, cefixime most used tablets, finds study

A research study published in The Lancet has talked about one of the most serious habits of Indians which should have been talked about earlier. The study says close to 50% of the antibiotic formulations used in India's private sector in 2019 were not approved by the central drug regulator.

The Times of India

UTIs are still diagnosed using a 140-year-old method – here's why

If you’ve ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI) before, you know what a pain it can be. Not just because of the physical pains it causes, but because it can also be such a pain to go to the doctor, provide a urine sample, and wait for your results.

The Conversation

Poo transplants to be offered to hundreds of NHS patients with superbugs

The treatment targets infections that are hard to treat with traditional antibiotics

The Independent UK

Poo transplant to be offered to hundreds with superbug

C.diff infections can be tricky to treat with traditional antibiotics.

The Independent UK

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Benzinga

We need to change how antibiotics target bugs if we want them to keep working

While much of our attention during the past few years has been focused on COVID, a more insidious and more dangerous pandemic has been spreading unabated. This pandemic concerns antimicrobial resistance, which is when bacteria evade the antibiotics we use to treat them. You’ve probably heard these bacteria called “superbugs”…

The Conversation

Doctor explains why antibiotics are prescribed when your child is sick and if there are any side effects

When children get infected with a disease, it is best to consult a pediatrician. However, parents can have a lot of doubts regarding medication, especially antibiotics.

The Times of India

'Giving antibiotics through an inhaler can help fight bacterial resistance'

Replacing swallowed medicines with inhaled versions means the lowest possible effective dose can be administered and helps stop bugs becoming resistant to drugs, writes Dr Miriam Stoppard

Daily Mirror

UK dentists should give antibiotics to patients at risk of heart infection – study

Nice guidelines advising against antibiotic use for those at risk of infective endocarditis should be reviewed, researchers say

The Guardian - UK

Doctor delayed antibiotics for dying mum

An obstetrician prioritised delivering a mum's stillborn baby over giving her antibiotics despite knowing there was a golden hour after diagnosing sepsis.

AAP

Nature's secret drug stockpile

Some scientists are looking for new drugs in nature rather than synthesizing them in the lab. Here's why

Salon

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Typhoid mutated to beat antibiotics. Science is learning how to beat those strains

The ancient disease is still a killer. And even though there are new drugs, there's a growing rate of antibiotic-resistance cases. Here's a look at the latest strategies to tame typhoid.

The Conversation

Nature is the world's original pharmacy – returning to medicine's roots could help fill drug discovery gaps

While humans evolved over a period of approximately 6 million years, breakthroughs in modern medicine as we know it today got going only in the 19th and 20th centuries. So how did humans successfully survive through millions of years of diseases and illnesses without modern drugs and treatments?

Daily Mirror

Feeding dogs raw meat could have deadly consequences for owners because of poo

According to new research published by Bristol University, feeding dogs raw meat could be bad for human health as it contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria that fuels superbugs

ABC News

West Australian researchers announce major breakthrough in detecting bacterial infections

In a world-first, a research team in Western Australia develops a faster method of detecting bacterial infections, in a move that should also combat antibiotic resistance.

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As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger

Forget COVID-19, monkeypox and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even hospitalizations because of the failure of oral antibiotics.

Salon

No Operation Warp Speed for antibiotics

Common urinary tract infections are leading to emergency room visits because of the failure of oral antibiotics

The Guardian - UK

Potentially deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

Tests found more than 10% of sampled products resistant to antibiotic used to treat serious illnesses in humans

The Hindu

Why India should support antibiotics development

India needs an investment mindset that can fund and sustain drug discovery and development

Daily Mirror

Bowel cancer risk could be increased by taking antibiotics for too long, warns study

Bowel cancer cases continue to rise at an alarming rate. Could an overuse of antibiotic be a possible cause? A new study indicates so

The Independent UK

Highly antibiotic-resistant MRSA strain that arose in pigs ‘can jump to humans’

The strain has become the dominant type of MRSA in European livestock, probably due to widespread antibiotic use in pig farming, researchers say.

Wales Online

Fears raised over antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA that can jump from pigs to humans

Experts fear it is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics

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